tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9546232.post6638664791889798295..comments2024-03-08T05:06:20.175-07:00Comments on Things that go bump in my head.: Home is not always where you come from.allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15183940353222291088noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9546232.post-89371667195345038442008-07-29T19:52:00.000-06:002008-07-29T19:52:00.000-06:00Hi Paula,What are you doing in Columbia? Email me-...Hi Paula,<BR/>What are you doing in Columbia? Email me--I'd love to hear your story!allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183940353222291088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9546232.post-29705370809906351612008-07-28T19:32:00.000-06:002008-07-28T19:32:00.000-06:00It's funny. I actually found out about your blog t...It's funny. I actually found out about your blog through a search for graphic design firms in Columbia. I thought that it was strange that someone could be stranded (just like me) in Columbia yet from Texas.<BR/><BR/>I can definitely understand the state of Missouri being a little awkward to warm up to. Sure, there are humid days and at times the same extreme weather, but for some reason, it doesn't feel like home to me. It's just not a place that I can call home, just yet. Sadly, I've been here for five years and counting. <BR/><BR/>But just as you mentioned. I didn't think of Houston as home until I got here.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018611097268864265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9546232.post-47176181002720794032008-06-16T19:22:00.000-06:002008-06-16T19:22:00.000-06:00Thanks, Allison. I look forward to the book's comi...Thanks, Allison. I look forward to the book's coming into the world, too. I hope it finds its way home to you.<BR/><BR/>I meant to say, too, that I enjoyed very much your poem of the day in Southern Review. SImply, intelligently and beautifully made. Like your sites.<BR/><BR/>You might check my site sometime and tell me what you think: www.marktredinnick.com.au.<BR/><BR/>With affection and thanks, MarkMark Tredinnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053331141615656682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9546232.post-65228008519372504982008-06-16T16:18:00.000-06:002008-06-16T16:18:00.000-06:00Thanks for stopping by, Mark. Your writing is lyri...Thanks for stopping by, Mark. Your writing is lyrically compelling and insightful. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to reading The Blue Plateau (coming fall 2009 from Milkweed Editions, from which this essay is excerpted.)allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183940353222291088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9546232.post-32055374538302849572008-06-16T06:35:00.000-06:002008-06-16T06:35:00.000-06:00Thanks for finding my little essay, Allison. I'm g...Thanks for finding my little essay, Allison. I'm glad it spoke to you, if that's what it did. And thanks for making this bit of it look so pretty on your site. Home is a verb, of course, not—or not merely—a noun. Mark TredinnickMark Tredinnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053331141615656682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9546232.post-59266412614608666802008-06-10T00:07:00.000-06:002008-06-10T00:07:00.000-06:00Maybe you can "hear" it within shimmering ringings...Maybe you can "hear" it within shimmering ringings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9546232.post-6708265486345762662008-06-09T21:26:00.000-06:002008-06-09T21:26:00.000-06:00That would fall under the category of "what one ha...That would fall under the category of "what one has left behind" as well as, paradoxically, "what one has taken with." You can take the girl out of Texas but you can't take those Texans out of the girl.<BR/><BR/>Miss you too :)allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183940353222291088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9546232.post-75783762859181727152008-06-09T20:51:00.000-06:002008-06-09T20:51:00.000-06:00yeah, but what about the folks who miss you???yeah, but what about the folks who miss you???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com